Clothes-line reel.



tion 4 which is contracted or bent sli l To all whom it may concern:

- Be it known that I, CHARLES H. BAILEY,

UNITED STATES CHARLES II. BAILEY, OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNORTO JACOB HINKELMAN,

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES M. FEASER, AND DENNIS C. FAHEY, ALL OF WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA.

4cLoTIsni:s-LI'NE REEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1908.

Application led February 13, 1908. Serial No. 415,716.

a citizen of the United States of America, residi at Wheeling, in thecounty of Ohio and tate of West Virginia, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Clothes- Line Reels, of which the following is aspeciication.

This inventionrelates to clothes line reels, and one of the principalobjects of the same is to provide a clothes line reel of simpleconstruction'and made of wire of the required gage which lWill beprovided with means whereby both ends of the clothes line will be heldor gripped to prevent the" line from unwinding. l

Another object is to provide a clothes line reel, the body portion ofwhich is to be made of nickel-plated or galvanized wire of the requiredgage, said reel being provided with a central shaft to which a handle ispivoted, said shaft having a centrally disposed bend therein to engage aknot on the clothes line and to thus hold the one end of the clothesline While it is being reeled up, a similar bend being formed in thebody of the reel to engage the outer end of the clothes line or toengage the clothes line at any point to prevent unwinding.

These and other objects may be attained by means of the constructionillustrated in unwind.

Referring to the drawing for a more spe- `ciiic description of myinvention, the nur*` meral 1` designates the body, ofthe reel,

which is formed of wire of the required gage, said'wire being eithernickel-plated or gal- -vanized The reel body comprises the guard members2, the cross Vbars 3 upon which the lineis Wound and the central inward.The terminal ends of the ody bearings 5 which are brought together inalinement, and the handle 6 is provided with a wire pintle 7 whichextends through the handlel and through the bearings 5, said pintlebeing upheaded at both ends and provided with asuitable washer 8, one ateach end. The handle 6 is permitted to turn upon the pintle 7, and thepintle 7 is permitted to turn Within the bearing 5. A central shaft 9 isymounted in bearings 10, said bearings being formed in the frame of thereel by one coil or bend in each side thereof, said shaft 9 being headedup, as at 11, and provided -with a washer 12 at one side of the reelframe, While the opposite end of the shaft 9 extends through a handle 13and is headed-u as at 14, against a washer 15 outside the andle. Theslliaft 9 is ermitted to turn in the bearings 10, and t e handle 13 ispermitted to turn upon the shaft 9 when in use.

A substantiall formed centrally 1n the shaft 9, the urpose of which isto clamp the inner end of t e rope before said ro e is wound upon thereel. A knot may be ormed in the rope and placed in the notch 17 to holdthe inner end of the rope firmly in place. A similar bend 18 is formedimmedlately under the handle 6 to hold the outer end of the rope afterit has been reeled, as shown in Fig. 2.

The operation of m invention ma be briefly described as fol ows:- rope1s secured in the notch 17 in the shaft 9, andfby grasping the handle 13in the left hand the reel is rotated b means of the handle 16 grasped inthe rig t hand; After' the rope 19 has been wound upon the reel theterminal end 20 is secured in the notch 21, as shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawin f v y From .the foregoing it will ge obvious that a reelmade inaccordance with my invention is of simple4 construction, may be producedat lowacost, is strong, durable and efficient for lts purpose and willoperate quickly to reel up a clothes line.

Havingi thus described the invention, what is claime as new, iszn Aclothes line reel comprising a body portion formed of Wire, the terminalends of One end o thewhich form bearings for the intle of a hanturn u onthe outer end of said shaft, subdle, a bend or notch in the ody portionof stantia ly as described. 1')

` the reel to hold the terminal end of the v In testimony whereof Iaffix mysignature clothes line, bearings formed on the frame in presenceof two Witnesses.

' centrally thereof7 a shaft mounted to turn in CHARLES H. BAILEY.

said bearings, said shaft having a bend or Witnesses: notch therein tohold the inner end of the v E. MITCHELL, clothes line, and a Woodenhandle mounted to JAMES M. FEASER.

